Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.